Essay On Indian Imperialism
Imperialism in India
Have you ever wondered why India has a spinning wheel on its flag, its because Gandhi had a big influence on the nation during their time of struggle for freedom and independence from Britain. In 1857 the sepoy army rebelled against the East India Trade Company, this caused Britain to get involved and send military troops to India and take control of the country. Gandhi was one of the most effective peaceful freedom speaks in India, he made a movement in India that had Indians making their own homespun (string) to make clothes from instead of buying from the British. This is why there is a spinning wheel on the Indian flag.
The British knew that when they took control over India that India had no army, so the British made them one(Lavani). However, when the Indian people disobeyed the British at Amritsar by gathering protesters to peacefully protest British control over India the British used the Indian army against the people they were supposed to be protecting and suffered 400 deaths and many injuries (Gandhi). Britain made India an army, but …show more content…
They used the Indian army against their own people, massacred almost everyone at amritsar, built 10,000 miles of railroad track to extract the wealth of India, started the mining industry in India to take the resources back to Britain, and started battles between the Hindus and Muslims which eventually lead to the country separating, and caused a famine that killed 58 million people. All of those things that the British did would eventually cause them to be thrown out of the country and sent back to Britain. Although Britain did try to help them with education but only a small number of people read and health expectancy, the pros and cons of Britain controlling India, Britain's cons out weigh the pros by a
Have you ever wondered why India has a spinning wheel on its flag, its because Gandhi had a big influence on the nation during their time of struggle for freedom and independence from Britain. In 1857 the sepoy army rebelled against the East India Trade Company, this caused Britain to get involved and send military troops to India and take control of the country. Gandhi was one of the most effective peaceful freedom speaks in India, he made a movement in India that had Indians making their own homespun (string) to make clothes from instead of buying from the British. This is why there is a spinning wheel on the Indian flag.
The British knew that when they took control over India that India had no army, so the British made them one(Lavani). However, when the Indian people disobeyed the British at Amritsar by gathering protesters to peacefully protest British control over India the British used the Indian army against the people they were supposed to be protecting and suffered 400 deaths and many injuries (Gandhi). Britain made India an army, but …show more content…
They used the Indian army against their own people, massacred almost everyone at amritsar, built 10,000 miles of railroad track to extract the wealth of India, started the mining industry in India to take the resources back to Britain, and started battles between the Hindus and Muslims which eventually lead to the country separating, and caused a famine that killed 58 million people. All of those things that the British did would eventually cause them to be thrown out of the country and sent back to Britain. Although Britain did try to help them with education but only a small number of people read and health expectancy, the pros and cons of Britain controlling India, Britain's cons out weigh the pros by a